1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index c605a33e6..843a10eab 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ std::string showBytes(uint64_t bytes)
 
 
 // FIXME: move to libstore/build
-void commonChildInit(int stderrFd)
+void commonChildInit()
 {
     logger = makeSimpleLogger();
 
@@ -1982,10 +1982,6 @@ void commonChildInit(int stderrFd)
     if (setsid() == -1)
         throw SysError("creating a new session");
 
-    /* Dup the write side of the logger pipe into stderr. */
-    if (dup2(stderrFd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
-        throw SysError("cannot pipe standard error into log file");
-
     /* Dup stderr to stdout. */
     if (dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
         throw SysError("cannot dup stderr into stdout");